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July 10, 2007
All hands to the pump!
It's been a bit of a struggle but this week's Gazette is finally finished and after a slow start things finally came together in the end.
Already it looks like it's going to be one of those weeks and the glorious weekend weather and a wonderful day in the sun at the Hampton Court Flower Show on Saturday is already a distant memory.
Apart from keeping a watchful eye on the Gazette it's pretty much all hands to the pump at the moment in Gazette House. Holidays and illness has reduced our pool of sub editors in the very week that one of our sister papers is launching a new edition (more about that later in the week) which will increase the workload on our production team based in Uxbridge.
I have been heavily involved in the project involving the new edition so need to make sure there are no last minute hitches this week, especially as its due out on Friday the 13th... and yes the launch date was my suggestion.
With the sports editors on our Harrow and Ealing titles also away on holiday anyone with any knowledge of cricket or bowls is currently pitching in to help with their pages and to complete the headache Victoria, our features editor on the Gazette, is currently in the middle of a two week stint of jury service.
However, as usual everyone is pulling together and rising to the challenge and turning their hand to what ever needs to be done next and although it promises to be a long hard week ww will get there in the end.
Posted by aseal at July 10, 2007 4:24 PM
Comments...
Adrian - good luck with your launch. We've got one too on the same day here in Bangkok. It's a good thing we're not supersticious. (Fingers crossed, touch wood).
Comment posted by: Andrew at July 11, 2007 2:18 AM